AGFX vs. CAV, JIM, TAVI, ARB, QBT, PEEL, CLC, NBMI, LINV, and JEMA
Should you be buying Argentex Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Argentex Group include Cavendish Financial (CAV), Jarvis Securities (JIM), Tavistock Investments (TAVI), Argo Blockchain (ARB), Quantum Blockchain Technologies (QBT), Peel Hunt (PEEL), Calculus VCT (CLC), NB Global Monthly Income Fund (NBMI), LendInvest (LINV), and JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec (JEMA). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Cavendish Financial (LON:CAV) and Argentex Group (LON:AGFX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Argentex Group has a net margin of 10.22% compared to Argentex Group's net margin of -12.59%. Cavendish Financial's return on equity of 12.78% beat Argentex Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Argentex Group had 1 more articles in the media than Cavendish Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Argentex Group and 1 mentions for Cavendish Financial. Cavendish Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Argentex Group's score of 0.32 indicating that Argentex Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
4.9% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Argentex Group shares are held by institutional investors. 56.6% of Cavendish Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Argentex Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cavendish Financial has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Argentex Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cavendish Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.4%. Argentex Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Cavendish Financial pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Argentex Group pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cavendish Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Argentex Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cavendish Financial. Cavendish Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Argentex Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Argentex Group received 11 more outperform votes than Cavendish Financial when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Argentex Group beats Cavendish Financial on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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